Labhati [later Vedic labh for older rabh, cp. rabhate, rabha, rabhasa. Related are Gr. lamba/nw to get, la/furon booty; Lat. rabies=E. rabies; Lith. lõbis wealth. -- The Dhtp (204) simply defines as "lābhe." On the Prk. forms see Pischel, Prk. Gr. § 484. -- See also rabhasa] 1. (the very freq. & ordinary meaning) to get, to receive, obtain, acquire. -- 2. (fig.) to obtain permission, to receive an opportunity, etc., as "pabbajituŋ sace lacchāmi" if I am allowed to receive the pabbajjā Mhvs 18, 5; or "labhamāno niccam pi khāditu -- kāmo 'mhi" if I get the chance I should always like to eat J i.478; and passim (cp. Pass.labbhati below). The paradigma of labhati shows a great variety of forms owing to its frequent occurrence (cp. E. "get"). We have selected the most interesting ones. Pres. Ind. labhati rare (late, e. g. Vism 136); usually med labhate Th 1, 35; Sn 185, 439; 1st sg. labhe Pv i.64; 2nd sg. labhase J ii.220; 3rdpl. labhare S i.110. -- ppr. med. labhamāna S i.122 (otāraŋ a˚, cp. iv.178; M i.334); also in Pass. sense "getting taken" PvA 71. -- Opt. 3rd sg. labhe Sn 458, & (med.) labhetha Sn 45, 46, 217; Pv ii.97; also (usual form) labheyya PvA 115. 2nd sg. med. labhetho (=Sk. ˚thāh) Sn 833. -- Imper. 2nd sg. labhaIt 77; 3rd labhatu PvA 112; med. 2nd sg. labhassu Th 2, 432; 3rd sg. labhataŋ D ii.150; 1st pl. (as Hortative) labhāmase Pv i.55 (=labhāma PvA 27); & labhāmhase Pv iii.224. -- Fut. 3rd sg. lacchasi (Sk. lapsyati) S i.114; Pv ii.46; iii.37; J ii.60 (Māro otāraŋ l.), 258; Miln 126; DhA i.29; SnA 405; ThA 69 (Ap.); 1st sg. lacchāmi M ii.71; 2nd sg. lacchasi Vv 835; Pv iv.160; 1st pl. lacchāma J i.54; iv.292; & lacchāmase (med.) Vv 329. Also (the Com. form)labhissati PvA 190; VvA 136. -- Cond. 1st pl. alabhissāma J iii.35; med. 3rd sg. alabhissatha D ii.63. -- Pret. (& aor.) (a) 3rd sg. alattha D i.176 (alattha pabbajjaŋ); M ii.49; S iv.302; J iv.310; VvA 66, 69; 1st sg. alatthaŋ D ii.268; Vv 8122; Th 1, 747; DhA iii.313; 2nd sg. alattha S i.114; 1st pl. alatthamhaM ii.63; 3rd pl. alatthuŋ D ii.274, & alatthaŋsu S i.48. -- (b) (Prohib.) mā laddhā (3rd sg. med.) shall not receive (Sk. alabdha) J iii.138. <-> (c) labhi Sn 994; 1st sg. labhiŋ Th 1, 218; 2, 78; J ii.154; VvA 68; & alabhitthaŋ Th 1, 217; 3rd sg. alabhittha Pv i.77 (spelt bbh); 1st pl. labhimhā (for labhimha) Dii.147. -- Inf. laddhuŋ J ii.352; DhA iii.117; PvA 96. -- Ger. laddhā (poet.) Sn 306, 388, 766, 924; laddhāna (poet.) Sn 67 (=laddhā, labhitvā Nd2 546); It 65; and (ord.) labhitva J i.150; iii.332; PvA 95. <-> Grd. (a): labbhiya (only neg. alabbhiya what cannot be got) J iv.86; Pv ii.69; labbhaneyya (a˚) (in Com. style as expln of labbhanīya) J iv.86 (˚ṭhāna); PvA 65 (˚vatthu), 96 (id.); and labbhanīya (as a˚ -- ṭṭhānāni impossible things) A iii.54 sq. (five such items), 60 sq. (id.); J iv.59. -- (b): laddhabba J iii.332; PvA 112, 252. -- (c): laddheyya Pv iv.325. -- Caus. labbheti (for *lābheti, a diff. formn fr. Sk. lambhayati, which is found in P. pa -- lambheti) to make someone get, to procure, in 1st sg. aor. alabbhesi Vin iv.5=J i.193; DhA iii.213 (v. l. labh˚); and in pres. 3rd sg. labbheti J iii.353 (=adhigameti C.). -- Pass. labbhati (fig.) to be permitted, to be possible or proper; (or simply:) it is to be Mhvs 30, 43; KhA 192 (vattuŋ), 207 (id.). -- pp. laddha. -- Cp. upa˚, pati˚, vi˚.